chortle

Example Sentences

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I’d scoff and chortle and avoid it, thinking that water was superfluous, extraneous, not something that would “make or break” whatever it was I was cooking.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2024

If Kate DiCamillo wrote a book about a box of Swiffer refills, it would probably make us chortle and sob about lint.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023

Now, a new, more virile chortle has risen to take its place.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023

But the men don’t just communicate with words; they also grunt, snort and chortle, and at times the wordless exclamations form their own harmony.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2023

There may well come a time when, like me, you’ll need to keep a stack handy wherever you go, but” — he gave a little chortle — “I don’t think you’re quite there yet.”

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling